Telling Tales

Telling Tales

<div><B>A brilliant reeinterpretation of <I>The Canterbury Tales</I> for the 21st century</B></div> <div> </div> <div>Tabard Inn to Canterb'ry Cathedral,<BR>Poet pilgrims competing for free picks,<BR>Chaucer Tales, track by track, it's the remix<BR>From below-the-belt base to the topnotch;<BR>I won't stop all the clocks with a stopwatch<BR>when the tales overrun, run offensive,<BR>or run clean out of steam, they're authentic<BR>and we're keeping it real, reminisce this:<BR>Chaucer Tales were an unfinished business.</I></div> <div> </div> <div>Award-winning poet Patience Agbabi presents an inspired remix of Chaucer's <I>Canterbury Tales</I> retelling all of the stories, from the Miller's Tale to the Wife of Bath's in her own critically acclaimed poetic style. Celebrating Chaucer's Middle-English masterwork for its performance element as well as its poetry and pilgrims, Agbabi's collection is utterly unique. Boisterous, funky, foul-mouthed, sublimely lyrical, and bursting at the seams, <I>Telling Tales</I> takes one of our most significant works of literature and gives it thrilling new life. </div>